Spectrum (arena)

Philadelphia Flyers (NHL; 1967-1996 ) Philadelphia 76ers (NBA; 1967-1996 ) Philadelphia Wings ( NLL; 1987-1996 ) Philadelphia Phantoms ( AHL, 1996-2009 ) Philadelphia KiXX ( MISL; 1996-2009 ) Philadelphia Soul (AFL, 2004-2008) Philadepia Freedoms ( WTT; 1974) Philadelphia Bulldogs (RHI; 1994-1996) Philadelphia Fever ( MISL; 1978-1981 )

The Philadelphia Spectrum (formerly CoreStates Spectrum, First Union Spectrum, and Wachovia Spectrum last ) was an indoor stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

History

The Spectrum was completed in 1967 as part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, and cost 7 million dollars. In the course of the existence of both the naming rights to the stadium changed, and the users of the sports facility, which originally served the teams of the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League and the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association as a home ground. The 76ers came out in 1996 and closed in 2005 demolished in Convention Hall at the Spectrum, which was the second major sports facility at the south end of Broad Street in the former East League Iceland Park. Another tenant came 1974, the World Team Tennis Team Philadelphia Freedoms, in the season 1974/75 and from 1987 to 1996, the lacrosse team Philadelphia Wings from 1978 to 1981, the football team Philadelphia Fever, as well as the Philadelphia Bulldogs of the Roller Hockey International League of 1994 to 1996 to do so. In 1976 and 1992, the NHL All-Star Game was held in the Spectrum.

1996 covered both the Flyers and the 76ers to neighboring, larger and more advanced Wells Fargo Center. As a major new tenant moved in 1996 to the closure of the Philadelphia Phantoms Arena, the American Hockey League farm team of the Flyers and the Philadelphia KiXX of the Major Indoor Soccer League in the Spectrum one. Between 2004 and 2008, the Philadelphia Soul Arena Football Team completed individual matches in the stadium as the Wells Fargo Center was not available.

On 30 October 2009, the arena was closed after a series of four concerts of the group Pearl Jam. Plans envisaged before the demolition of the spectrum because of the new construction of a hotel complex, which was completed November 2010 to May 2011.

In addition to sports events were also college basketball games, professional wrestling, as well as numerous concerts of many well-known bands such as by The Doors, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, The Who, Genesis or KISS instead. In a smaller, separate part of the arena, called Spectrum Theater, were among others Frank Zappa, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel or Howard Jones.